A city within the city. Joel Larsvall. Supervisor. Examinator/ Per Franson Examiner

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1 A city within the city Joel Larsvall Handledare/ Supervisor Peter Lynch Examinator/ Per Franson Examiner Examensarbete inom arkitektur, avancerad nivå 30 hp Degree Project in Architecture, Second Level 30 credits 25 maj 2018

2 CONTENT INTRODUCUTION THE CITY THE URBAN PLAN A HOUSE WITHIN THE PLAN PRESENTATION PANELS

3 INTRODUCTION Stockholm was formed on an archipelago where water separates the inner-city districts, which gives the city its distinctive character. As a reaction to the increasing population the city underwent a considerable expansion in the beginning of the last century. At first the city extended around the islands of the city centre, for it later to extend into suburbs reaching far away from the city centre. Today the city is once again increasing in population, but unlike before its borders cannot be expanded. We face the problem of densification, of filling in the gaps in-between sparsely spread out suburban communities. A commonly used strategy is to mimic the form of the inner city in new developments, regardless of their actual position in the city. These developments often lack the urban life that was planned for, the reason being that there is not enough people for a culture of congestion. There cannot be only one answer to how the city should approach the question of densification since the conditions vary depending on the site. At each site both nature and the juxtaposition of the urban and suburban condition has to be considered. Right before the functionalist breakthrough, the planners and architects faced a similar problem. There was a need to densify the city along its periphery and to make use of vacant sites that had been too difficult to exploit. Loose groups of blocks were built on ridges or in former valleys. With their location, coordinated execution and distribution of streets, the groups of blocks became domestic enclaves, linked to the adjacent city in key situations. The large perimeter blocks framed nature, providing generous courtyards in interplay with the streetscape, thus mediating the urban and suburban condition. When the inner city continued to expand, these enclaves became interwoven with the urban fabric, becoming cities within the city. Today former harbors, and industrial areas often make place for larger residential developments. One such site is Lövholmen, which is situated on the immediate limit of the inner city. Here, any architectural intervention would have to deal with the dialectics of urban and suburban, architecture and nature. The project aims to synthesise these factors, learning from the references and revisiting their urban strategies whilst making the buildings suitable for the conditions of contemporary living. The project aims not only to bridge the gap between architecture and urbanism but to make a proposal of how the city can grow in continuity with its history. CITIES WITHIN THE CITY 1:60000 STOCKHOLM Cities within the city 1:20000

4 STREETSCAPE MEANS OF BREAKING THE VISTA Field of view: 71m Field of view: 50m Field of view: 130m OFFSET STREET DOKTOR ABELINS GATA MARIATORGET CURVED STREET TORBJÖRN KLOCKARES GATA RÖDA BERGET AREA DEFLECTION CREUTZGATAN HOLMIA

from the courtyard The plinth defines the

5 DOMESTIC THEMES THE BIG PERIMITER BLOCK INHABITATED The courtyard as park Entering from the courtyard The plinth defines the street Entering from the street BLECKTORNSOMRÅDET PER OLOF HALLMAN STOCKHOLM KVARTERET FÄRJAN SIGURD WESTHOLM, SVEN WALLANDER STOCKHOLM KVARTERET FÄRJAN SIGURD WESTHOLM, SVEN WALLANDER STOCKHOLM HOLMIA SIGURD WESTHOLM STOCKHOLM

6 THE LARGE PERIMITER BLOCK TYPE INDIVIDUAL BULIDNGS WITHIN THE CITY KVARTERET FÄRJAN SIGURD WESTHOLM, SVEN WALLANDER STOCKHOLM KVARTERET LJUSET SVEN WALLANDER STOCKHOLM

7 THE GROUPING OF THE LARGE PERIMITER BLOCK THE DOMESTIC ENCLAVE HOLMIA Stockholm 1:1000

8 THE URBAN PLAN I believe that city should expand in continuity with the past. And that the means by which Per Olof Hallman is dealing with the city periphery would be appropriate to apply to the area of Lövholmen. For an urban intervention here can t simply copy the innercity across the waters, it would have to mediate between it and its more direct suburban setting, respecting the qualities of both. The site is located in close proximity to the innercity, yet isolated by its narrow position between the waters of Mälaren and Trekanten. It s surrounded by large scale office office buildings and service housing, is connected both to the traffic hub of liljeholmen and the suburban area of Gröndal. A majority of the industrial buildings on site needs to be demolished for sanitary reasons. What is left is four buildings of historic and contemporary cultural significance, among which Färgfabriken being an important art institution. The scale of the large permitter block allows a new framing of the existing four buildings which are not aligned to the main artery of lövholmsvägen. STREET VIEW A deflected building closes the vista

9 THE URBAN PLAN PROCESS INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS ON SITE 1:6000 GSEducationalVersion BLECKTORNET AREA ON SITE 1:6000 HOLMIA ON SITE 1:6000

10 THE URBAN PLAN PROCESS PROPOSAL 1 1:6000 GSEducationalVersion PROPOSAL 2 1:6000 PROPOSAL 2 1:6000

11 THE URBAN PLAN PROCESS PROPOSAL 4 1:6000 GSEducationalVersion PROPOSAL 5 1:6000 PROPOSAL 6 1:6000

12 THE URBAN PLAN PROCESS SiTE MODEL PROPOSAL 1 SITE MODEL PROPOSAL 2

13 THE URBAN PLAN FINAL PROPOSAL SITE MODEL FINAL PROPOSAL

14 SITE PLAN 1:3500 GSEducationalVersion

15 GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1:500 GSEducationalVersion

16 A HOUSE WITHIN THE URBAN PLAN The building is an attempt to optimize the Stockholm large perimter block type. Earlier examples were mainly consisting of small and dark units, facing either street or courtyard. The main idea of the plan is to keep the idea of circulation within the courtyard, while providing a wider range of flats, that have a connection with both street and courtyard. The courtyard is accessed either through a stair or from the corners. One reaches the induvidual staircases from the courtyard, which thus trancends from being a motif or a recreational area, to a threshold through which one enters the dwelling. Since the courtyard is raised, the intimacy of the courtyard is maintained even though it s open. The typical unit has two bedrooms with kitchen, dining and livingroom diagonally arranged. This allows for a connection between the common areas. One corner provides 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartments. The other corner a 4-bedroom together with a1-bedroom unit. A wider range of aparment types is an answer to the varying needs for housingsolutions today. The building could accommadate both the individual, the family and the collective under the same roof. INTERIOR VIEW OF TYPICAL APARTMENT Diagonal view of kitchen, dining- and livingroom

17 PLAN 1-4 FLOOR 1:200 GSEducationalVersion

18 PLAN GROUNDFLOOR 1:200 GSEducationalVersion

19 Dal Forno Pizzeria all' angolo FACADE FACING WEST 1:200 GSEducationalVersion

20 SECTION A-A 1:200 GSEducationalVersion

21 GSEducationalVersion GSEducationalVersion PRESENTATION PANELS A3 A2 A1 Stockholm Cities within the city Siteplan 1:3000 Facade 1:100 Section 1:100 A4 A4 A3 street reference photo groundfloor plan färjan 1:500 Holmia ground floor plan 1:1000 A1 A4 A4 A4 A4 Typical floor plan 1:100 street reference photo street reference photo domestic theme photo domestic theme photo A4 A4 A4 A1 current site + collaged references proposal 1-3 proposal 3-6 A4 A4 A3 Ground floor plan 1:100 modelphoto proposal 1 modelphoto propsal 2 Final model photo

22 GSEducationalVersion GSEducationalVersion PRESENTATION PANELS A0 A1 Ground floor figure plan 1:500 Exterior perspective modell 1:500 A1 Interior Perspective

Intervention for the specific

Intervention for the specific -an architectural dialogue with the historical city of Visby Lisa Ekström Handledare/ Elizabeth Hatz, Peter Lynch Supervisor Examinator/ Examiner Per Franson Examensarbete